O Come Before the Lord

O come before the Lord, our King

Tune: ST. PETERSBURG
Published in 5 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 O come before the LORD, our King,
and in his presence let us sing;
let us in glad and joyful lays
the rock of our salvation praise;
before him come with thankful song,
in joyful psalms his praise prolong.

2 Almighty pow'r the LORD maintains,
exalted over all he reigns;
he holds the valleys in his hand,
he makes the mighty mountains stand;
to him belong both land and sea,
Creator of the world is he.

3 O come and let us worship now,
before our Maker let us bow;
we are his sheep and he our God,
he feeds our souls in pastures broad;
he safely leads us in the way;
O come and hear his voice today.

4 Take heed and harden not your heart
as did our fathers, nor depart
from God to follow in their ways;
for with complaints instead of praise,
with doubt instead of faith confessed,
they put his mercy to the test.

5 Take heed that you provoke him not,
as did your fathers, who forgot,
with erring heart, God's holy ways
and grieved him all their sinful days;
to whom in wrath the LORD declared:
"My promised rest they shall not share."

Source: Trinity Psalter Hymnal #95A

Text Information

First Line: O come before the Lord, our King
Title: O Come Before the Lord
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. PETERSBURG

Dmitri Stephanovich Bortnianski (b. Gloukoff, Ukraine, 1751; d. St. Petersburg, Russia, 1825) was a Russian composer of church music, operas, and instrumental music. His tune ST. PETERSBURG (also known as RUSSIAN HYMN) was first published in J. H. Tscherlitzky's Choralbuch (1825). The tune is suppo…

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